Problems associated with thin markets provide incentives for:

A. buyers to seek information about identifying high-quality items.
B. sellers to prove that the items they are selling are of high quality.
C. buyers and sellers to agree upon a higher price than would hold in equilibrium.
D. both buyers to seek information about identifying high-quality items and sellers to prove that the items they are selling are of high quality.


Answer: D

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